Rig Veda 9.20.6: Mandala 9, Sukta 20, Mantra 6
Sukta 9.20
Rishi: Pavamāna Soma seer tradition (RV 9).
Devata: Soma Pavamana
Chandas: Gāyatrī
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
स वह्निरप्सु दुष्टरो मृज्यमानो गभस्त्योः । सोमश्चमूषु सीदति ॥
Transliteration
sá váhnir apsú duṣṭáro mṛ́jyamāno gábhastyoḥ | sómaś camū́ṣu sīdati ||
Translation
Jener Träger-Feuer, in den Wassern schwer zu hemmen, in den Händen gereinigt — Soma — setzt sich in die Schalen; er gründet sich in den bereiteten Gefäßen des Wesens für das innere Opferwerk.
Word by Word
सःhe (that one)
सः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → स
वह्निःthe bearer/fire (Agni-like)
वह्निः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootवह्नि- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘carrier, fire’; from √वह् ‘to carry’)
अप्सुin the waters
अप्सु:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootअप्- (प्रातिपदिक)
दुष्टरःhard to cross/overcome
दुष्टरः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootदुष्- + √तॄ (तर्) → दुष्टर- (प्रातिपदिक)
मृज्यमानःbeing cleansed/purified
मृज्यमानः:
Kartā
TypeParticiple
Root√मृज् (मार्जने ‘to cleanse, wipe’)
गभस्त्योःin/at the two hands (or: of the two hands)
गभस्त्योः:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootगभस्ति- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘hand, ray, grasp’)
सोमःSoma
सोमः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootसोम- (प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (निपात)
अमूषुin those
अमूषु:
Adhikaraṇa
TypePronoun
Rootअमु- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
चमूषुin the cups/vessels
चमूषु:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootचमू- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘bowl, trough, vessel’)
सीदतिsits/settles
सीदति:
—
TypeVerb
Root√सद् (सीद्) ‘to sit, settle, sink down’
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